*Scrum Master* *Elkridge, MD*
*6 Month c2h* *Rates: $60/hr c2c* *ONLY GC, USC* *FACE 2 FACE* – Scrum Master – MUST have Scrum certification and healthcare experience AND Scaled Agile experience *TOP REQUIREMENTS: * *1. Scaled Agile experience is a must. * *2. Experience and certification as a scrum master * *3. Ability to work with decentralized team. * Essential Duties: • Doing everything possible to ensure delighting customers • Guiding the team(s) and the organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers • Guiding the team(s) on how to get the most out of self-organization • Guiding the team(s) on self-organizing to fully realize the potential of Agile/Scrum frameworks • Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team(s) and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization • Removing impediments or guiding the team(s) to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment. • Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving. • Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work. • Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution • Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information • Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog. • Providing all support to the team(s) using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example • Perform as an evangelist for Optum’s internal implementation of SAFe (SAFe + PLM) • Helping the department and Optum mature out of legacy processes • Mentor junior Scrum Masters towards improvement Required Skills/Experience: • First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I, SAFe Agilest or Practitioner) • 5 years of experience in a Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory. • Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency • Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for eliciting change in team behavior (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.) Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these is a plus): • Second level Scrum Master certification (CSP, PSM II, SPCT 4++) • Knowledge of other agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc. • Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games • Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team (.Net, Java, or other web development languages) • Previous experience as a development team lead • Excellent communication and mentoring skills • Contributions to the public around agile practices *Thanks and Regards* *Shweta Ojha* *Nityo Infotech Corp.* *Phone:* 609-378-1158 *E-mail:* [email protected] *Hangout:* sojha1290 http://www.nityo.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USITCV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/usitcv. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
